Democratic lawmakers reel after Senate votes to reopen government: 'Republican-made health care crisis'

The Senate struck a late-Sunday deal to begin the path to reopening the cabinet after eight Democrats joined Republicans to reach votes sparking backlash from those who opposed the resolution Democratic leaders voiced intense opposition arguing that the continuing resolution fails to address the nation s worsening strength care challenges Several prominent lawmakers spoke out directly following the vote framing it as a test of priorities and moral leadership Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer D N Y condemned the measure calling it a Republican-made wellness care situation America is in the midst of a Republican-made robustness care predicament a situation so severe so urgent and so devastating for American families that I cannot patronage a continuing resolution that fails to address it Schumer explained SENATE DEMOCRATS CAVE OPEN PATH TO REOPENING GOVERNMENTSchumer reported that Democrats have continually pushed for meaningful reforms to the physical condition care system For months and months Democrats have been fighting to get the Senate to address the robustness care problem he commented This bill does nothing to ensure that the problem is addressed I am voting no and I will keep fighting for months and months Sen Bernie Sanders I VT delivered a forceful rebuke criticizing both Republicans and the eight Democrats who joined them in supporting the resolution Tonight eight Democrats voted with the Republicans to allow them to go forward on this continuing resolution And to my mind this was a very very bad vote Sanders stated What it does first of all is it raises healthcare premiums for over million Americans by doubling and in chosen cases tripling or quadrupling People can't afford that when we are already paying the highest prices in the world for healthcare SANDERS CALLS OUT SENATE DEMOCRATS FOR 'VERY VERY BAD VOTE' ON REGIME FUNDING MEASUREHe went on to warn of the broader consequences of the provision It paves the way for million people to be thrown off of Medicaid While care act studies show that will mean certain Americans will die every year unnecessarily And all of that was done to give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the Sanders links the vote to broader political trends and explained it ignores the message voters have sent in latest elections As everybody knows just on Tuesday we had an electoral contest all over this country and what the poll exhibited is that the American people demanded us to stand up to Trumpism to his war against working-class people to his authoritarianism Sanders stated That is what the American people demanded But tonight that is not what happened Despite his disappointment Sanders vowed to continue pushing for expanded access to soundness care SCHUMER'S SHUTDOWN SCHEME EXPLAINED DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON OBAMACARE CREDITS AS STANDOFF DRAGS ONRep Adam Schiff D-Calif also spoke out following the vote sharing a video message on X alongside a seething assessment of the funding bill s failure to address healthcare costs Millions of Californians are at jeopardy of losing their insurance or facing dramatically higher fitness care costs Tonight s vote does NOTHING to address this Republican vitality care predicament Schiff reported In the video Schiff recounts his no vote calling the moment symbolic of the bleak outlook for wellness care change under the current bill So I just voted no on the Republican funding bill I am outside the Capitol It's dark and raining and that seems all too appropriate for this moment because that funding bill has nothing in it to help people afford their strength insurance That bill has nothing in it that's going to bring costs down That bill has nothing in it that's going to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions can afford their fitness insurance Schiff noted in part He continued We owe our constituents better than this We owe a resolution that makes it achievable for them to afford their strength care The system is already badly broken enough This just prevented it from getting worse Schiff also joined Schumer in describing the shutdown and the vote on Sunday as a Republican robustness care problem Sen Chris Murphy D-Conn posted a late-night video from his office expressing deep frustration over the outcome and warning that the vote could embolden President Donald Trump His caption read I got back to my office after the vote tonight and recorded this There s no way to sugarcoat what happened tonight And my fear is that Trump gets stronger not weaker because of this acquiescence I m angry like you But I choose to keep fighting Murphy also reflected on the vote s implications for both democracy and vitality care saying Democrats must continue to stand firm despite the political cost The American people do not want Democrats to be bullied into submission They want Democrats to fight for their healthcare They want Democrats to fight Trump's illegality the senator mentioned in part I didn't want this shutdown I want it to end but not at any cost This shutdown hurt it did but unfortunately I don't think there is a way to save this country to save our democracy without there being selected laborious hard moments along the way I'm angry about it And I'm just gonna get up the next morning and go to work to try to convince all of my colleagues that this is a unique moment and the necessity to stand and fight even when it's hard even when it involves pain is necessary